If you’re working through the night, or in the graveyard shift, as it is commonly called, there are many side-effects you have to deal with. Working in these shifts plays havoc on the body and mind.

UP chief minister Mayawati has assets worth Rs 86 crores — Rs 34 crores more than what she had in 2007.
In an affidavit filed with her Legislative Council nomination papers on Wednesday, Ms Mayawati declared she has Rs 12.95 lakhs in cash and Rs 11.39 crores in bank deposits.

Sahil Kaushik did not believe in cramming but that has not stopped him from coming out with flying colours as he topped the Delhi zone in the IIT-JEE exam at the age of 14.

The Air India employees’ strike had led to large-scale disruption of flights of Air India (domestic). Well over 100 flights were cancelled by the airline during the 30-hour strike even as about 13,000 passengers were affected by the strike that cost the airline about Rs 12 crores. Air India sources said it could take between two to four days to ensure complete flight operations normalcy, considering the large-scale cancellation of flights. Air India (domestic) will operate 78 flights on Thursday.

Expensive gifts to charm girlfriend and IPL betting led a 23-year-old to burglaries in various areas of south and southeast Delhi. However, Praveen Kumar and his associate Biru (22) ran out of luck after a police team arrested the duo on Tuesday from the Lodhi Colony area.

Deputy leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Chaudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi on Wednesday demanded a judicial probe into the death of Choti Bai Jatav, an old dalit woman, due to extreme hunger and excessive thirst during the Bhind district collector’s public hearing on May 18.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed Delhi commissioner of police Y.S. Dadwal to conduct an independent probe into the MCD’s “ghost” employees scam and submit the report in two months.

Confusion prevailed among the ministers and the police even two days after arresting Abdul Samad Bhatkal, the prime suspect of the Pune blast. On Monday, the day he was arrested, state home minister R.R. Patil denied his involvement in the blast. Contradicting that on Tuesday, Union home minister P. Chidambaram congratulated the

Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday stated that the rape of a 30-year-old woman allegedly by a traffic policeman is a “very serious matter” and appropriate action will be taken against the guilty.

Anumula Jithendar Reddy from Madras zone topped the IIT-Joint Entrance Examination 2010 from amongst a total of 13,104 candidates who cleared the examination. Over 4.5 lakh candidates had appeared in JEE-2010 for seeking admission to 9,509 seats in 15 IITs, ISM Dhanbad and IT-BHU.